Australia risks a permanent birth rate decline, as soaring home prices and rising living costs push fertility levels to a record low, experts say. In 2023, the country registered 286,998 births, down 4.2% from the previous year and the lowest number since 2006, the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced this week. The drop lowered the...

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